BBC public purposes

December 3, 2024

BBC audiences once again hear ‘genocide’ disinformation

One of the five public purposes set out in the BBC’s charter includes the obligation to “help co...

October 13, 2024

BBC News website documentation of weapons in southern Lebanon

As readers may have already noticed, the BBC’s abundant coverage of events in Lebanon during the p...

July 14, 2024

Looking behind a BBC World Service radio news bulletin

Listeners to the first hour of the BBC World Service radio programme ‘OS’ on July 5th heard a ne...

May 9, 2024

BBC Radio 2 platforms ‘go back to Israel’ and ‘Jewish power’ trope

The May 7th edition of BBC Radio Two’s Jeremy Vine show included items relating to “protests at ...

April 14, 2024

Ros Atkins and BBC Verify jump the shark

On the morning of April 13th a filmed report titled “Ros Atkins on… UK arms exports to Israe...

February 9, 2024

BBC News showcases ‘Gaza war protest’ agitprop

On the morning of February 6th the BBC News website published an uncredited report headlined “Chil...

November 24, 2023

BBC Radio 4 platforms pernicious parity from Mustafa Barghouti

The November 22nd edition of BBC Radio 4’s ‘Today’ programme included several items relating t...

July 20, 2023

BBC News fails to report arrests of Israeli rioters

Back in April we noted that a BBC News website report by Lucy Williamson on the topic of violent rio...

September 21, 2022

BBC News and two Hamas arrests stories – part one

Hamas’ long-running efforts to propagate terrorism in Judea & Samaria were described by the IT...

September 13, 2022

Reviewing BBC reporting on the Israel-Lebanon maritime borders dispute

In the past we have documented the BBC’s limited coverage of the long-running maritime borders dis...